Win Your Way To A $5,200 WCOOP Main Event Seat In Our Exclusive Freerolls

The 2012 edition of the richest online poker festival, the World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP), kicks off on Sept. 2 with the first of 62 high stakes poker tournaments over 22 days. Although every poker player wants to win a WCOOP event, the tournament they all want to win is the $5,200 No Limit Hold'em Main Event that guarantees at least $1,000,000 to the eventual winner; that winner could be you.

Last year Thomas "Kallllle" Pedersen was the man who emerged victorious and despite striking a deal when the tournament was five-handed he walked away with an unbelievable $1,260,018.50. This year's winner could be you because PokerNews has three $5,200 WCOOP Main Event tickets to give away, plus an additional $4,500 in cash prizes!

All the prizes are going to be given away over the course of three PokerNews-exclusive freerolls that all take place on Sept. 7 at 14:00 ET (19:00 UK time). The first of the three freerolls is open to new PokerNews registered players who make a deposit between Aug. 1-31 and existing PokerNews customers who have generated at least 35 VPPs between Aug. 1-31.

The second freeroll is open to existing PokerNews players who have accumulated at least 100VPs between Aug. 1-31 whilst the third and final freeroll is available to existing PokerNews players who have earned at least 200 VPPs between Aug. 1-31. You can play in all three freerolls if you meet the qualifying criteria, earn just 200 VPPs between Aug. 1-31 and entry to each of the three freerolls will be yours. That is three shots at a $5,200 WCOOP Main Event seat for free!

Here's what the WCOOP freeroll schedule looks like:-

Tournament

Date

Time

Qualification Criteria

Freeroll #1

Sept. 7

14:00 ET

New PokerNews registered players who make a deposit (Aug.1 - 31) and existing PokerNews players who have accumulated at least 35VPPs between Aug.1 - 31

Freeroll #2

Sept. 7

14:00 ET

Existing PokerNews players who have accumulated at least 100VPPs between Aug.1 - 31

Freeroll #3

Sept. 7

14:00 ET

Existing PokerNews players who have accumulated at least 200VPPs between Aug.1 - 31

In addition to the WCOOP Main Event seats and the extra cash for those who reach each freeroll's final table, new customers can also help themselves to a 100% match up to $600 first deposit bonus. Simply download PokerStars through PokerNews India, enter the marketing code INPNEWS, the bonus code STARS600 and you will be eligible for the large sign-up bonus. What's more, you will also be able to participate in all future promotions we hold with PokerStars, which have added up to more than $400,000 since January 2011.

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